Bracket



INVENTOR ATTORNEY Z u 2- k W 7 4 w w 1 Filed April 10, 1933 Jan. 9,1934.

Patented Jan. 9, 1934 BRACKET Libbie Bisset, Newark, N. J.

Application April 10, 1933. Serial No. 665,429

1 Claim.

This invention relates to brackets especially adapted for window shades and has for the primary object, the provision of a device of the above stated character which when in use will be employed in pairs to guide the movement of a shade and to limit the raising of the shade to a predetermined height so that all shades of a room may be caused when raised to assume a uniform height and the device also is adapted to prevent flapping of a shade from wind currents especially during the respective window occupying an open position.

With these and other objects in view this invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation illustrating a Window having a shade with brackets for guiding the latter and carried by the window.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view showing the shade fastened to the arms of the bracket.

Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating the bracket.

Figure 5 is a similar view illustrating a modified form of bracket.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a Window frame carrying a shade 2 of the roller type. Brackets 3 are secured to opposite sides of the frame 1 and slidably receive the edges of the shade 2 so as to guide the latter during its upward and downward movement and to provide stops for limiting the upward movement of the shade whereby said shade will always stop at a predetermined height. The brackets 3 also prevent the shade from flapping when partially drawn, as shown in Figure 1, due to wind currents circulating through the window frame when the sash thereof occupies an open position. The brackets 3 are identical in construction and reference to the specific construction of one is thought suflicient for both. The brackets consist of an attaching plate 4 secured to the frame 1 by screws or like fasteners 5. Some of the fasteners secure to the attaching plate a forked or bifurcated member 6 providing upper and lower 60 arms 8 and 9. The arms 8 and 9 are arcuately curved to receive therebetween the shade 2 as shown in Figures 2 and 3. The arms 8 and 9 are spaced from each other and form therebetween an arcuate shaped slot in which the shade 11 operates and the free ends of the arms are rounded to facilitate the movement of the shade into the space between the arms. The space between the arms is sufficient to permit the shade to slide freely upwardly and downwardly when manually 7 actuated. The shade at its lower edge is provided with the usual hem 10 to receive the reinforcing strip 11. The thickness of the strip 11 and the hem 10 is sufficient to prevent the movement thereof through the space provided between the arms 8 and 9, thereby the lower arm acting as a stop for the upward movement of the shade.

As shown in Figure 5, the attaching plate 12 may form an integral part of the member 6. The member 6 is positioned laterally of the attaching plate 12 as well as the attaching plate 4 so as to position the member 6 away from the face of the Window frame when in use.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as claimed.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A bracket comprising an attaching portion for attachment to the face of a window frame, a member carried by the attaching portion and offset laterally therefrom and bifurcated to form spaced guide arms, said arms being in a single 9 surface approximately parallel to said attaching portion and being arcuately curved and providing therebetween an arcuately curved slot opening outwardly through one end of the member.

. LIBBIE BISSET. 

